TCU Texas Book Award
Previous Winners
| Year presented |
Winner |
| 2009 | Joe Nick Patoski, Willie Nelson: An Epic Life |
| 2007 | Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl |
| 2005 | Scot Zesch, The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier |
| 2003 | Jeff Guinn, Our Land Before We Die: The Proud Story of the Seminole Negro |
| 2001 | Stephen Harrigan, Gates of the Alamo |
Review
Patoski pulls together a rich narrative that keenly comprehends Nelson's artistic and geographical perambulations. The author is especially fine in the early going, colorfully recalling Willie's many years on the beer-joint circuit and the cast of sketchy characters who trod those hardwood floors. Patoski's profound understanding of Nelson's life, character and milieu make this the Willie bio to get.
-- Kirkus (starred review) (01/01/2008)
Mr. Patoski and his family make their home in Wimberley, TX.
Little, Brown and Company; (April 2008)
About the Award
The Friends of the TCU Library and TCU Press co-sponsor the TCU Texas Book Award, a prize of $5,000 given to the author of the best book about Texas. Fiction, nonfiction, art and photography books, and others will be considered; juvenile and young-adult works are excluded, as are dramatic works.
The award: The presentation of $5,000 and a certificate will be made at a banquet in Fort Worth in spring 2009. The author of the winning title will attend and deliver remarks.
For more information:
Barbara Standlee
TCU Library, Box 298400
Fort Worth, TX 76129
Ph: 817.257.6109
email: b.standlee@tcu.edu